Model comparison
Qwen3.8 Max vs Sonar Pro
Qwen3.8 Max has enough public results to be ranked (#22); Sonar Pro does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)
PerplexitySummary
- Qwen3.8 Max is cheaper at $2 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $3 / $15 for Sonar Pro.
- Qwen3.8 Max accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 200K.
Side by side
| Qwen3.8 Max | Sonar Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 56.8 | — |
| Released | 2026-08-02 | 2024-01-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | 200K |
| Max output | 131K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $3 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $6 | $15 |
| Results tracked | 39 | 1 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29), Sonar Pro: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 Max | Sonar Pro |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | 57.5% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1674 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 17.8% | — |
| SciCode | 53.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1502 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14), Sonar Pro: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 Max | Sonar Pro |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 63.3% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 55.1% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 23.2% | — |
| LMArena Search | — | 1130 |
Reasoning Not comparable
Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26), Sonar Pro: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 Max | Sonar Pro |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 88.3% | — |
| CritPt | 20% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 40% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1496 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 38% | — |
| DTBench | 92% | — |
| LMCA | 46.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.41 | — |
Math Not comparable
Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20), Sonar Pro: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 Max | Sonar Pro |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 74.7% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 46.3% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | — |
| ProofBench | 58% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1499 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27), Sonar Pro: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 Max | Sonar Pro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 92.7% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 47.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1507 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75), Sonar Pro: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 Max | Sonar Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1314 | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 20% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18), Sonar Pro: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 Max | Sonar Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1472 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1538 | — |
| LMArena French | 1503 | — |
| LMArena German | 1483 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1467 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1461 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1481 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1492 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17), Sonar Pro: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 Max | Sonar Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1479 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31), Sonar Pro: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 Max | Sonar Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1489 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30), Sonar Pro: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3.8 Max | Sonar Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1483 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1479 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1489 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3.8 Max better than Sonar Pro?
Qwen3.8 Max has enough public results to be ranked (#22); Sonar Pro does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.8 Max or Sonar Pro?
Qwen3.8 Max is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Sonar Pro lists at $3 and $15.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.8 Max does, with 1M tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3.8 Max and Sonar Pro share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.8 Max has 39 scored results on Noometry and Sonar Pro has 1.